Jollydaze Gift Guide // Week 1

It's the Jollydaze again and we're here to help with the Gift Giving. Here are a couple ideas of goods we think are good to give. We'll have more gift ideas every week in December, so keep checking in.

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Outerknown // outerknown.com

If you have a salty-toothed smile and sand under your toenails, you’re probably surfing through life in this merino wool and organic cotton sweater.

Harbor Crew // $13

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Old Beat Up Surfboard // Local Surf Shop

Save a surfboard! Your capable hands can end the consumption cycle by repairing a beat up old surfboard and giving it as a gift. The time you put into this will be worth more than money.

Used // $100 or less

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Roamers // roamersbrand.com

Gender is fluid and so are the clothes by this brand. This tencel twill coat works for both gentleman and gentlewoman. 

Lucia Coat in Sage // $130

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Zeal // zealoptics.com

Quality moments in the snow are worth all the effort you take to get there. See these snowments better through quality peripheral vision lens.

Portal // $279

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UCO Gear // ucogear.com

These sugarcane pulp-powered, waterproof, windproof, trouble-proof, strikeable firestarters burn for seven minutes. Sure makes a sweet fire, eh? (Wink) 

Sweetfire // $5.99

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OluKai // Olukai.com

These TSA-friendly drop-heel shoes make traveling through the airport a cool breeze. Whoosh… I’m flying. Oh shoot, hope I didn’t forget my laptop in a TSA bin. Who cares, I’m flying.

Pehuea Pa’i // $90

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Coal // coalheadwear.com

Your head is steaming with good ideas like the spout of a hot water kettle. Retain the heat of those ideas with this recycled cotton beanie. Made in the USA.

The Eddie // $26

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The James Brand // thejamesbrand.com

This stainless steel pen could be used as a weapon and bring more meaningful justice and liberty from oppression than any dumb bloody sword could ever dream of. Made in the USA.

The Benton // $60

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Red Clouds Collective // redcloudscollective.com

Let’s go deep. Deeper than the pockets of this tote. Deeper than a nighttime skinny dip. Deeper than the sunken canoe on the bottom of the lake. Deeper than crawdaddy dreams. Deeper than moonlight reflecting off fish fins all the way back to the moon.

Over the Shoulder Tote Bag // $150

Portland // Release Party

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ROSA

A trip down to Baja with the Aloha Beach Club.

by Evan Schell // @theslipperysaltwaterchronicles

Surfers

Kahana Kalama 

Christian Yeager

Billy Wickens 

Lex Weinstein 

VANS 2019 SPRING

A STOKED SNEAK PEEK

by Manny Aloha // @mannyaloha

In 1983 at ten years old I remember walking into school in Suffern, New York with my checkerboard slip-on Vans and kids laughing at me. I said to them, “Ok, but one day you’ll be wearing these too.”

I’ve been skateboarding for 35 years, surfing for almost 20, and creating art for at least 25 years. Vans were around way before I started any of these passions.

I grew up in the suburbs of New York but my parents divorced in 1980 and my dad moved to California. Although I was mad and sad, the next summer changed my life in the raddest way ever. To keep up with him jogging on the Redondo Beach bike path, my dad bought my brother and I our first skateboards and soon our first pair of Vans. I know I’m getting a little personal here but when I think of Vans, these are the emotional touch stones that are stepped on. Vans have been by my side through all the raddest times as well as through all my life drama, and maybe it’s the same for you. If a shoe could be a best friend...

Thats enough about me lets talk about the product.

One of the coolest things about any new Vans collection is that you can always count on finding their Core Classics. There’s nothing worse than loving a pair of sneakers then finding out that, “Oh that was last year’s model.” I’m so stoked that I can always find the same sneaker I fell in love with 35 years ago.

The word is that next year is all about the COMFYCUSH -super light, super cush, and equipped with the collapsible kickdown heal! I don’t know about you but I’m stoked to try’em out.

Deep down, I really wanted to keep this secret, but this sneak was easily my favorite in the showroom. Even though I’ve never done this yet, I imagine rocking these with jeans and a sports jacket. They scream unique laid-backness and when I look at them I say yes I want those. Mixed Quilting and True White Available Feb.1, 2019

Artist Yusuke Hanai’s classic style and Vans are like cheese, crackers and fine wine. I’m not gonna lie, as an artist, I’m a little envious. Congrats Yusuke! You’re officially my latest role model.

I’m so sorry but I’ve come to realize that my vocabulary is often limited to “awesome”, “so rad”, “totally”, and “so stoked”. With that said, I think it’s totally awesome that Vans design just as many kid sneakers as they do for adults. They make a sneaker for every age and every personality. There’s no doubt that its time to get my 3 year old his first pair. Time to hit up Grandma and Grandpa.

More info at VANS.COM